Skip to content

Dharma Documentaries

Buddhism and Its Cultures

Menu
  • Dharma
  • Culture
  • Ecology
  • Archives
  • About
Menu

Category: Culture

Documentaries about cultures around the world, including human rights

Orphans of Tibet

Posted on March 26, 2021April 30, 2023 by Dharma Documentaries
Orphans of Tibet

A look at the lives of children who escaped from Tibet and are being educated at a Tibetan school in India.

Read more

To Play Kutiyattam with the Master

Posted on March 19, 2021February 11, 2022 by Dharma Documentaries
To Play Kutiyattam with the Master

A look at the traditional classical dance form of Kutiyattam in Kerala, South India.

Read more

The Young Girl and the Monkey

Posted on March 12, 2021March 12, 2021 by Dharma Documentaries
The Young Girl and the Monkey

The history and training of dancers for the Royal Ballet in Cambodia in modern times.

Read more

The Celestial Dance of Bhutan

Posted on March 5, 2021March 6, 2023 by Dharma Documentaries
The Celestial Dance of Bhutan

The central dance held in a Bhutanese monastery, its meaning and the preparations.

Read more

Kabuki, the Path of the Flowers

Posted on February 26, 2021May 30, 2023 by Dharma Documentaries
Kabuki, the Path of the Flowers

A look into the traditional Kabuki theatre in Japan, both in the cities and in the villages.

Read more

A Young Shaman’s Quest Across Mongolia

Posted on February 19, 2021February 19, 2021 by Dharma Documentaries
A Young Shamans Quest Across Mongolia

A journey through modern day Mongolia in search of harmony with the land and the gods.

Read more

Himalaya, Land of Women

Posted on February 12, 2021March 4, 2021 by Dharma Documentaries
Himalaya  Land of Women.jpg

A look at the life of a remote community in Zanskar, and especially the lives of the women of the village.

Read more

Sowers of Joy (Nuns Travel across India)

Posted on December 25, 2020December 25, 2020 by Dharma Documentaries
Sowers of Joy

A record of a marvellous trip made across the length and breadth of India by a group of nuns from Zanskar.

Read more

Bhutan, Change Comes to the Happy Kingdom

Posted on December 4, 2020October 9, 2021 by Dharma Documentaries
Bhutan, Change Comes to the Happy Kingdom

Four stories from Bhutan showing the meeting of new and old in the culture.

Read more

The 108 Lokesvaras in Nepal

Posted on November 27, 2020April 7, 2025 by Dharma Documentaries
The 108 Lokesvaras in Nepal

A look at Nepalese Buddhism, its history and the importance of Lokesvara worship in the country.

Read more
  • Previous
  • 1
  • …
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • …
  • 73
  • Next

Search

Subscriptions

Follow our Facebook Page Follow our Tweets Subscribe to our Feed

Subscribe by Email

Email


Shortlink and QR

Donations

This site has taken more than fifteen years and 1,000s of hours to build, and has more than a thousand documentaries on it. If you would like to help, you can do so here. Even small amounts make a difference.

Copyright

If anyone has any copyright claims please contact me at dharmadocus@gmail.com and the posts and films will be immediately removed.

Top Ten Tags

Theravada
Mahayana
Vajrayana

India
Silk Road
China
Tibet

Arts
Lectures
Women

Other Websites

for my other websites please see my
LINKTREE

Sponsorship

 hosting sponsored by exabytes.my 

Random Posts

  • NatGeo’s Inside the Living Body
  • Thangka-Paubha, Beyond The Canvas
  • Dunhuang, Lost Music of the Stone Chamber (7 of 8)
  • Luang Pu Plang Suntharo
  • Angkor’s Children (Preview)
  • Taiga, the Last Nomads of Mongolia
  • Saving Mes Aynak
  • Michael Anderson: Eating (A Plant Based Diet)
  • Thus Have I Heard 01, Up to the Awakening
  • Belief in Kannon

Recent Posts

  • Uruvela Kassapa and the Tebhatika Jatila
  • Losar Ceremonies in Dharamsala
  • Koyasan, The Sanctuary of Shingon Buddhism
  • Supermonk
  • Erdene Zuu Monastery, Mongolia
  • Alexandra David-Neel, A Parisian in Lhasa
  • Forgotten Temples in the Former Kingdom of Mustang
  • Torii in Japan
  • Master Sculptor of Buddhist Statues, Matsumoto Shukan
  • South Korea, the Land of Many Miracles
© 2026 Dharma Documentaries | Powered by Minimalist Blog WordPress Theme